NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Still Photo Winners

1st Place, News Portrait and Personality

Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 7, 2008- Mickey Rourke returns to the big screen this month in The Wrestler and is photographed with his 16-year-old chihuahua Loky, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Nov. 7, 2008. Rourke is being touted for what is being seen as his comeback role as a retired professional wrestler making his way through the independent circuit to compete one last time with his former rival.

1st: Jay L. Clendenin; Los Angeles Times
2nd: Benedicte Kurzen / VII Mentor; VII Mentor
3rd: Uriel Sinai; Getty Images
HM: Jay L. Clendenin; Los Angeles Times
HM: Rod Lamkey Jr.; The Washington Times
HM: Benedicte Kurzen / VII Mentor; VII Mentor

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